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Historian David Olusoga: Why we all need to rethink our relationship with guns
History

Historian David Olusoga: Why we all need to rethink our relationship with guns

The TV star and historian’s new show A Gun Through Time traces the social history of the firearms that changed the world

The military is the only job where people are asked to kill. Here’s how to make the system fairer
Armed forces

The military is the only job where people are asked to kill. Here’s how to make the system fairer

We should explore ways of making our current recruitment practices fairer without compromising military effectiveness

I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here’s what people need to know about veterans
Tip Cullen

I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here’s what people need to know about veterans

Former commando Tip Cullen is now an actor and filmmaker. Here’s how the arts help veterans like him and shine a light on their stories

100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: ‘As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen’
letter to my younger self

100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: ‘As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen’

‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’
LGBTQ+ veterans

‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’

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Government buys back military homes after ‘disastrous’ privatisation deal cost taxpayer billions
Military homes

Government buys back military homes after ‘disastrous’ privatisation deal cost taxpayer billions

Veterans kicked out of armed forces under ‘gay ban’ to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?
Craig Jones

Veterans kicked out of armed forces under ‘gay ban’ to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?

‘I was terrified I would be sent to prison for being gay in the armed forces. I had a mental health crisis’
LGBT+ veterans

‘I was terrified I would be sent to prison for being gay in the armed forces. I had a mental health crisis’

‘I was forced to leave the navy six weeks after kissing a woman for the first time’
LGBT+ veterans

‘I was forced to leave the navy six weeks after kissing a woman for the first time’

‘My partner died of Aids and no one knew because it was illegal to be gay in the armed forces’
LGBT+ veterans

‘My partner died of Aids and no one knew because it was illegal to be gay in the armed forces’

People were sacked and imprisoned for being gay in the armed forces. Now they are fighting for justice
LGBT+ veterans

People were sacked and imprisoned for being gay in the armed forces. Now they are fighting for justice

A young veteran’s struggle with the cost of living crisis
Remembrance

A young veteran’s struggle with the cost of living crisis

How to come out from behind the mask
Life

How to come out from behind the mask